tessevans
tess[at]tess-evans.com

Skills

  • Proficient in Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, HTML, CSS, Dreamweaver, Quark, Microsoft Office, Flash, and Filemaker Pro both Mac and PC platforms
  • Experienced in creative media, including: digital imaging, ink, printing, photography, and advertising
  • Adheres to web standards, information architecture, and user-centered design
  • Fluent in American Sign Language
Experience

Tiny Prints | Mountain View, CA 12.09 | Present
Merchandising Design Manager
  • Created callouts for external designers and freelancers based on sales reports
  • Managed final art files from internal and external designers
Freelance | New York, NY – San Francisco, CA 06.09 | Present
Graphic Design · Web · Photoshop · Print Production
  • Clients range from individual artists to large corporations such as Random House, Inc.
NY Daily News | New York, NY 06.07 | 06.09
Graphic Designer - PrePress and Advertising
  • Design advertisements, including copywriting, for local businesses
  • Ensure the quality of print of all advertisements to run in the paper
  • Traffic ads through system, adjusting files when necessary
Condé Nast | New York, NY 05.07 | 05.07
Regional Bridal Guide Magazine Advertising Project Manager
Temporary (1 month) position
  • Managed the advertisements in two regional bridal magazines
Echo of the Dreamer/Mars and Valentine | New York, NY 08.05 | 04.07
Art Director
promoted 03.06
  • Design and direct printing of seasonal look books: www.marsandvalentine.com/slideshow.html
  • Create layout and copy for promotional postcards
  • Draft, manage, and run advertisements
  • Built and maintain two company websites, including www.marsandvalentine.com www.marsandvalentine.com
  • Photograph and edit images of jewelry for web and print
Design Assistant
  • Assisted the Art Director
  • Constructed original jewelry designs
  • Provided administrative support
Brewer Educational Resources | Austin, TX 01.05 | 07.05
Graphic Designer/Illustrator
  • Illustrated a children’s story with original watercolors to accompany a literary tutorial packet
  • Proposed and implemented design for advertisement
  • Reworked logo for “Head into Literacy”
November Design Group, Inc. | Austin, TX 10.04 | 07.05
Design Assistant/Muralist
  • Coordinated the purchase and distribution of fabrics, art, and furniture
  • Organized sales presentations, scanned sketches for idea boards, executed design plans
  • Administered and archived projects in Microsoft Excel
  • Selected images for mural design, painted murals from work orders
Texas 4000 for Cancer | Austin, TX 11.03 | 08.04
Cyclist and Public Relations Coordinator
  • Established nationwide media contacts for non-profit cycling group
  • Cycled from Austin, Texas to Anchorage, Alaska
  • Raised over $4,000 for American Cancer Society
Education

University of Texas | Austin, Texas 06.00 | 05.04
Bachelor of Arts: English – Communications Minor
Study abroad
  • Charles University | Prague, Czech Republic (Fall 2002)
  • Dilit International University | Rome, Italy (Spring 2003)